Adee + Michael Cazayoux: Working Against Gravity
The Ready State Podcast
Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett
4.9 • 623 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Adee Cazayoux is the Founder and CEO of Working Against Gravity (WAG), an online nutrition coaching program with a mission to transform lives. Having made a name for herself in nutrition, Cazayoux has worked with elite athletes such as Katrin Davidsdottir, Jessica Lucero and Tia Clair-Toomey, just to spotlight a few. Adee is lifelong learner with a Bachelors in Honors Psychology and a Masters in Teaching and is working toward a Masters in Nutrition and Human Performance. Beyond being an entrepreneur and student of the nutritional sciences, Adee is also an accomplished athlete, having competed in the National Pro Grid League, CrossFit Open and won the Bronze Medal in the 2016 Canadian National Weightlifting Championships.
Michael Cazayoux, president of WAG, specializes in helping his team and clients “get out of their own way” by identifying self-limiting beliefs and ineffective behaviors. In fact, the back-to-back CrossFit World Cup Champion is no stranger to this unique process of self-examination. At the impressionable age of 17, Cazayoux confronted his own limiting beliefs and ineffective behaviors head on, attending drug rehabilitation to overcome his addiction to opiates. It’s this experience that inspired a love of health and fitness on a personal level, which later translated into a passion for coaching and mentoring inside and out of the gym. Prior to joining WAG, Michael cofounded Brute Strength, an online fitness training company, where he continues to contribute to operations and remains as the podcast host.
Adee and Michael live in Austin with their dog, Otis and welcomed their first child this year.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Dr. Kelly Starrett. |
| 0:06.8 | And I'm Juliette. |
| 0:08.3 | And you're listening to The Ready State Podcast. |
| 0:15.8 | This episode of the Ready State podcast is brought to you by our friends as Slackbow, the makers of the Slack Block. When we redid our side yard a million years ago, I had a serious conversation with the contractors. I was like, I need a place to put my Slack line. Like I have always had, I've had a Slack line in my life for a long time. And so I just, I feel like it makes me feel better. |
| 0:40.9 | It helps me deal with stiffness in my feet. |
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| 0:55.0 | their house or anywhere. Yeah, to actually have an actual slack line that it's really you need a |
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| 1:16.0 | to have around. So one of the things is we see that weak feet, poor balance, it degrades all |
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